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The Sports Xchange By Guy Curtright, The Sports Xchange Braves complete sweep as Dodgers bullpen collapses ATLANTA -- In last place in the National League West, the Los Angeles Dodgers have plenty of problems, and the bullpen is near the top of the...

LHP Mike Minor (6-2, 2.75) has been the team's most consistent pitcher this season. The former first-round draft choice has won two straight games and has allowed only two total runs over the last 13 2/3 innings. Minor has pitched at least six innings...

Gattis comes through in pinch as Braves win ATLANTA -- Evan Gattis showed again Saturday that he has a flair for the dramatic. The Atlanta rookie breathed some life into a lackluster offense when he drilled a two-run pinch-hit home run well into the...

MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Brandon Beachy is right on schedule to make a return to the Braves almost exactly 12 months after Tommy John surgery. The right-hander pitched two innings in an extended spring training game in Florida on...

Upton's slam blasts Braves past Dodgers ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves finally had their regular lineup intact, but the player who had carried them to a good start came through again on Friday night. Justin Upton hit a no-doubt grand slam in the sixth...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Just when Atlanta was ready to finally have its lineup intact for the first time this season, the Braves got the bad pitching news they feared. Left-handed reliever Jonny Venters will...

The Sports Xchange Chavez gets best of ex-teammate Hudson in Arizona win PHOENIX -- Eric Chavez calls Tim Hudson one of his best friends in baseball after the great seasons they spent in Oakland, but that did not keep Chavez from doing what had to be...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Jonny Venters hoped for the best. So, obviously, did the Braves. But it appears that the left-handed reliever may be headed to a second Tommy John elbow surgery. Venters will see Dr....

The Sports Xchange Arizona's Corbin beats Atlanta, improves to 6-0 PHOENIX -- Patrick Corbin is climbing all sorts of charts with his strong start this season, including one with Hall of Famer-in-waiting Randy Johnson's name attached. Corbin joined...

The Sports Xchange Diamondbacks 2, Braves 0 PHOENIX -- Left-hander Patrick Corbin threw seven shutout innings to extend his major-league-best roll and the Arizona Diamondbacks broke a three-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves...

The Sports Xchange Braves 10, Diamondbacks 1 PHOENIX -- Justin Upton celebrated his return to Arizona with his major-league-leading 13th home run, and he finished with four hits and two runs in the Atlanta Braves' 10-1 victory over the Arizona...

The Sports Xchange Braves' Upton homers in reunion with D-backs PHOENIX -- Justin Upton swore he treated his return to Arizona on Monday as just another game. In a manner of speaking, his teammates felt the same way. "Any night like this ... this is...